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silkily

silkily adverb: in a silky manner.

Adverb

silkily (comparative more silkily, superlative most silkily)

  1. In a silky manner.
    • Gerty's were of the bluest Irish blue, set off by lustrous lashes and dark expressive brows. Time was when those brows were not so silkily seductive1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Forms of silkily

comparativemore silkily
superlativemost silkily

Origin of silkily

From silky + -ly.

Questions about silkily

What does silkily mean?
Silkily means in a silky manner.
What part of speech is silkily?
Silkily is an adverb.

Words near silkily in the dictionary

  1. silkgrowing
  2. silkie
  3. silkier
  4. silkies
  5. silkiest
  6. silkily
  7. Silkin
  8. silkiness
  9. silkinesses
  10. silking
  11. silkless

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